Richard Skipper Celebrates

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The legendary Quincy Jones says, One listen and you know… Deborah Silver is the real deal!”

Deborah has had a string of hit duets with celebrated artists including Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, Jack Jones, Freddy Cole, Steve Tyrell, Ann Hampton Callaway, American Idol Casey Abrams and Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel. Her upcoming releases include duets with superstars Tony Orlando, Ronnie Millsap, and Jazz icon Diane Schuur.

Known for her philanthropic work, Deborah recorded her first album, Pure Silver, to raise funds for a cure for ALS and continues to honor that charitable commitment to help her sister and millions of others diagnosed with that same disease.

Her follow up album, The Gold Standards, an out-of-the-box smash, produced by Steve Tyrell entered at #1 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Albums Chart.

Her album “Glitter & Grits” with ``Asleep At The Wheel ``was named Broadway World's Best Commercial Recording, landed the #1 spot on both Traditional Jazz and Western Swing Charts, and #3 on the Top 50 Country Album Chart.

Her latest EP, Sunny Side, is an Amazon Best Seller in Jazz.

Famed critic Rex Reed writes Deborah Silver’s got it all in one package. She’s a thrill and a swinging show-biz whirlwind!”

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Jack Kelly has been in the hospitality business his entire life. Owning his first restaurant when he was 28. Moved toPtown 12 years ago. Opened Tin Pan Alley 9 years ago. TPA has music every night! It is open even in February and March. ( the slow months.). When they are open, there is music. In season, they have live music 6 hours a night. Jack bought Post Office Cafe and cabaret last season. It went for sale because the year before due to Covid they did not open. They wanted to keep the tradition of the 50 year run that they had and to keep shows continuing. There is live music in the cafe every night as well as three shows per night upstairs in the cabaret.

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ANDREA McARDLE first captured the hearts of theatergoers everywhere in 1977 when she originated the title role in the mega-musical ANNIE, based on the popular Harold Gray comic strip “Little Orphan Annie”. Since then, she has starred in several Broadway musicals and appeared in theatres in New York, nationally and internationally. She has performed in concert halls from Carnegie Hall to the Hong Kong Philharmonic and casino hotels in both Las Vegas and Atlantic City. She has honed her craft by working with some of the great legends of the entertainment industry such as Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, Julie Andrews, Bob Hope, Liberace, Frank Sinatra, Steve Martin and Martin Short, to name a few, and was privileged to have appeared on television with Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin and Dinah Shore. As “Annie”, Andrea became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She also received the Theater World and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for her performance and went on to star when the show was produced on London’s West End.  Andrea appeared Off-Broadway in the satirical NEWSICAL and regionally as the title role in MAME and HELLO DOLLY. Other theatre appearances include starring as Reno Sweeney in ANYTHING GOES, Esther in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, Mrs. Johnstone in BLOOD BROTHERS, Penelope Pennywise in URINETOWN, Sonia in THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, Luisa in THE FANTASTICKS, Eva Peron in EVITA, Nancy in OLIVER, the Narrator in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Annie Oakley in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Sandy in GREASE and as Mama Rose in GYPSY.

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Friday April 29 Richard Skipper's Friday Wrap Up Show: National Peace Rose Day Each year on April 29th, we recognize National Peace Rose Day. The day is set aside to honor the “Peace” rose, a well-known and fruitful garden rose. The light yellow to large cream-colored flowers of the Peace Rose have slightly flushed crimson pink petal edges. 

Betsy Franco Feeney: https://www.betsyfrancofeeney.com https://uacny.com/event/a-sparkling-conversation-with-your-bff-a-talk-with-author-illustrator-betsy-franco-feeney/

I am joined by Jennifer Roberts. A classically-trained singer and actress with a strong musical theatre background, Jennifer Roberts has also appeared on television and in film. 

Josephine Sanges: The Funny Girl in Me https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11015231?fbclid=IwAR0qkhvudm1O273EEcdd0NPRFCov56ep2YbJ9RBYUYgt62rR-opCzdPven4 https://youtu.be/T4ig5jXdF9I

Website: https://josephinesanges.com/ 

Art Smith has been a writer, storyteller and artist for most of his life. His recent focus has been his #GayBarchives project, where he has been exploring gay history one bar at a time. To date he has documented over 2000 gay bars gone by and conducted more than 80 video interviews capturing the stories of gay movers and shakers. GayBarchives.com Support Art's Research: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-our-gay-bar-research GayBarchives.com

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The work that Wendy Scherl, Ann Kittredge, and Carolyn Montgomery are doing on behalf of the American Songbook Association is worthy of Super Heroines and we will definitely celebrate their individual achievements as well as the alchemy they create together.

Ann Kittredge is an award-winning performing artist who has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at major venues across the country, working with top producers and directors throughout her career. Offstage, Ann has volunteered as a child education advocate and is currently Vice President of the American Songbook Association, an organization that provides music workshops to underprivileged NYC public school students.

Carolyn Montgomery is the Executive Director of the American Songbook Association, as well as a MAC, Bistro and Nightlife Award winning singer/songwriter. She’s performed in 42 states across the nation as well as London, Mexico and Canada. She lives on the west side of Manhattan with a teenage son and a Jack Russell terrier.

Wendy started her performing career in regional theater after she graduated with honors from Northwestern University (BA,Theater). She made her Cabaret Debut in 1988 with a sold out run at Danny’s Skylight Room (NYC) with her show The Lights and The Smiles. Following MetroStar, Scherl began her collaboration with multiple award-winning director Barry Kleinbort, and esteemed Musical Director Christopher Denny (MD for Karen Mason and the late Julie Wilson). With Kleinbort and Denny, her show NEW Scherl in Town garnered her first nomination for Best Female Vocalist at the 2018 Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs Awards at BB Kings.  https://withcarolyn.norby.live

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Richard Skipper Celebrates Barbra Streisand on Her Birthday | To Benefit Ukraine Jewish community

Barbara Joan Streisand, known professionally as Barbra Streisand, is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. I am putting together a celebration for her FANS! So I'm seeking out YOUR suggestions. Please send your questions/comments/suggestions to [email protected] and join in the celebration. Please pay it forward. I will be joined by Matt Howe. Matt Howe created Barbra Archives, an unofficial website he maintains that is all about Barbra Streisand’s decades-long career, in 2003. Barbra Archives has become the go-to site for the Streisand fan community wishing to learn more about her albums, movies, and concerts. Matt’s encyclopedic knowledge of Miss Streisand’s accomplishments even prompted her to joke that he knows more about her career than she does! Since 2006, Matt has assisted her team with photo research and fact-checking for concerts and appearances. His name is listed in the credits of the fiftieth anniversary edition of the Funny Girl cast recording, on Streisand’s two Release Me compilation albums, and on her 2016 CD, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway. Matt recently moved to Western North Carolina with his cats Zach and Jasmin after living for over twenty years in Washington, DC, Please Contribute to https://fjc-fsu.org/ukraine-jewish-relief-fund/ Matt Howe on Social Media: Matt's Twitter and Instagram is — babsdude

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After finishing Nickelodeon’s Rugrats Live as one of the original cast / cast album performers John moved into yet the next step of his career as a Published Author, Director, Choreographer, Talent Casting and Comedic writer. His work has been featured for twelve years on television with such shows as LIVE, with Regis & Kelly...Now Kelly & Ryan. His stage work was featured in New York City under TONY Award winner Jerry Mitchell in Broadway Bares. The annual spectacular features dancers from all the Broadway shows performing large production numbers for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights Aids. On a more personal and intimate level he was the Choreographer and Director for Drama Desk winner Mary Testa’s one woman show at Feinstein’s / Studio 54. Finally, John revamped the US tour for the Village People. Choreographer/ Director turned writer; John is currently working on a musical. The production entitled "lbs, The Musical with Weight Behind It” The show tells a story of the lives and sometimes hysterical adventures of four full-sized women. Coming out on the heels of lbs. is yet another comedic show written and choreographed by john called Hairy Tails & Rhymes. "Something More” is a book that takes the reader from a little boy with ADHD and follows him through gay bashing from classmates, moving to NYC, losing his mother to Alzheimer’s, working as a popular and celebrity choreographer, going deaf in one ear, Systemic limited scleroderma to writing a book that launched a new approach to stretching with John Paolillo’s MEND Stretch. To view additional footage, resume, reels, gallery and bio go to www.johnniep.com

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Cue the composting, recycling, repurposing, carpooling, thrifting, and metal straws to save the turtles.

Elaine Ballace is a Native CALIFORNIAN! She became a Professional Ice Skater at age 8, when there was a BIG difference between Amature and Pro. Along with her Professional Ice Skating she began acting in Commercials by age 9. She loved both and did both for many years. As a skater she performed in TANK SHOWS, meaning a small Ice Surfaces, including Plastic, to Madison Square Garden, which was a dream come true for a CALIFORNIA GIRL! Some of her more recent credits include: Just completed her 4th Season, as FERN on the AWARD-WINNING Comedy "The RICH and The RUTHLESS." DARED, which was the highest viewed Series on YouTube, and FREE LUNCH EXPRESS, which is awaiting a release date, due to COVID, and LOVE WITHOUT HAIRS, also awaiting a release date due to COVID. Oh yes, and another film, plagued COVID interference, GAYCISM, where she plays an Interfaith Minister! SPEAKING of COVID, this is what inspired ELAINE to get her book out!

Barbara L. George, author, artist, composer and consultant was born in Birmingham Alabama where her father, Frank W. George managed both, the Birmingham Pop Symphony Orchestra and The Town & Gown Theater while her mother, Margo, a well respected model and fashion expert hosted a popular Jazz Radio program.

Sara (Wiseman) Wolfson is a learning and talent development specialist with proven experience in a broad range of sectors including regulatory, professional services, not-for-profit and public sectors. She has worked with employees across a broad range of professional disciplines and at all levels from C-Suite to junior entrants. Recently qualified as a mental health adviser.

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Maureen Taylor loves to inspire and uplift others through musical storytelling and Cabaret is the perfect vehicle for that! Taylor is known for her critically acclaimed Taylor Made Bob Merrill show which was part of New York's Cabaret's Greatest Hits at the Metropolitan Room. In addition to regional musical theatre, Taylor has performed with the Chicago Lyric, Philadelphia and West Palm Beach Opera companies. She studied with Opera stars Renata Tebaldi and Carlo Bergonzi in Italy as a result of being a Bel Canto Winner. In Switzerland Taylor got to perform as Madame Giry in Phantom Of The Opera (both German and English). * She also lived on a purple bike and got her Reiki certification. In the UK, she performed at Hever Castle, Brighton Pavilion Dome, Theatre Royal, and the London Palladium (where she was a stand-in for Helen Mirren). She was also in a comic book musical entitled The Ultimate Man in the Bridewell. Taylor is a soprano soloist on Tim Wheater's Platinum Award Winning CD: "Incantation" recorded in Bath, England. Fun fact: She taught musical theater in London: 3-16 year olds. *.Ask me about the 3-5 year olds! https://www.facebook.com/maureen.taylor.5895https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureentaylorinspires #RichardSkipper #cabaret #music #NYC https://open.spotify.com/album/17X74rMDTvTfcIDT507hH6

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Danielle (#DAMCL ®, @DsEnlightenedEdits ®) is a 33 year old queer, female from NY; who has been an awakened spirit medium since her earliest memories at age 3. This is when she and her family remember her continually speaking and coloring with spirit, Angelics, and Mother Mary, as if they were physically in the room. Through the years, Danielle fully accepted, activated, and advanced her gifts, by committing to spiritual practice and study.

Beginning as a teenager, mainly connecting clients with angels and loved ones in spirit, Danielle is very proud to have expanded her gifts and reading styles, now able to focus much of her work on the Quantum Space. This means she works with a client’s energy, beyond space and time; helping them to understand and impact their own energetic fields.

During a reading, Danielle may connect a client with passed over loved ones, or with Spirit Guides, Spirit Animals or Nature Spirits, Higher Selves, Deities (from various pantheons & practices), or with their own Inner Masculine/Feminine Balance, Inner Children, Past Lives, or Akashic Records. This enables the client to understand some of their own (personal &/or ancestral) patterns and karmas; and how their energy may be helping or hindering events in their life.

Danielle is very passionate about bridging the gap between spiritual and scientific (self) development; and will often combine the two, helping a client to create, attain, and maintain their own toolkit of connection, in order to progress, and live their lives to the fullest.

You can connect with her here on www.DAMCLDesigns.com.